Doom metal is a hard genre to get right. As a sound with such a huge focus on balance – slow, but also fast enough, riffy, but also interesting enough, simple, but also complex enough – it can be incredibly hard at times to get the right mixture between all…

Crazy violin shredding, bass tapping solo’s ringing clear, dual guitars, an exquisite mix of harsh and clean vocals, all backed by some of the fastest drumming around are all the pieces that make Ne Obliviscaris worth more than the sum of their parts. You would think that a six piece…

Going over the twelve entries we’ve selected as the cream of the musical loner crop, it’s amazing to see not only the variety of genres present, but the fact that such enormous, impactful music can come from a single individual. From guitar porn to one man black metal to a whole slew of electronic subgenres, these artists prove that “strength in numbers” may not apply to everyone. Because while this crew may not have been the most social group on the playground, they spent their alone time producing some of our favorite music and proving that collaboration isn’t a necessity for quality tunes. So without further ado, sit back and reminisce with us over our favorite one person projects, or enjoy discovering what any one of these twelve musicians has to offer. And of course, feel free to comment with further suggestions of exceptional musicians who handily do it all.

At the end of last year I wrote about some of my favourite music videos that had been released over the preceding twelve months. It was fun and I’m going to be doing it more regularly this year. Like, every month starting from now. Now, I’m no expert in video,…

Not to be confused with the label of the same name, Deathwish is a band that, quite simply, rocks out loud. They essentially sound like Josh Homme, Black Breath, and Circle Jerks all fell into a blender. Deathwish combines a guitar tone—which, again, has an angry buzz to it that can’t help but remind one of Black Breath—with the playing of a hard rocker, set to the pace of a punk album.

We have two very special guests today! Jimmy Pitts and Tom “Fountainhead” Geldschlager, who are involved in so many projects that it’s kind of ridiculous. Between them, they’ve worked with Christian Muenzner, Hannes Grossmann, Obscura, Spastic Ink, Scholomance, Nader Sadek, Cerebric Turmoil and many more. Jimmy’s currently playing keyboards for Muenzner’s power metal band Eternity’s End, and him and Tom are currently crowd funding the Pitts Minneman Project’s new album, The Psychic Planetarium on Indiegogo. Top notch prog metal/jazz fusion. We invited them over to have a chat about their projects, but of course it all devolves into talking about a whole slew of topics, and we had a great time!